I don't own Twilight, Stephenie Meyer does. No copyright infringement intended. Thanks for all your help, Sherry (Banshee69).
*Sequel to 'My Lucky Charm'.
POV- Edward
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The pizza was delicious, the beer was ice cold and nothing worth watching was on TV, but we laugh at almost everything we saw.
It has been a great night. I needed this time with my friend. Time to unwind, relax and release some of the stress I've been under.
Jasper turns off the TV and sets the remote down. He turns and looks at me with concern. "What's going on, Ed?"
I hate to be called Ed. Jasper knows this and he's the only person that can get by with it.
"Renee came by."
"Renee?" His brows furrow.
"Renee Dwyer. Bella's mother." I explain.
"Huh? What for? Why would she come by here when Bella's been gone for-"
I stop him. "She didn't know Bella was… gone."
He looks shocked. "She didn't know? That's her daughter. How did she not know?"
"Her and her husband, Phil, were on a trip when it happened. I was in a… funk. I didn't speak with anyone." I shrug my shoulders.
"You told me." He says while rubbing his eyebrow.
"Not right away, but yeah."
"So, how did she take the news?"
I lace my fingers together and place them behind my head. "She was upset, naturally. Her emotions fluctuated from sad to mad to trying to figure things out," I recount the experience to him. "I was almost afraid she was going to hit me or something?"
He laughs at that. "Wow, really?"
I nod. "Yeah, but when she calmed down and explained how it is for a leprechaun to be bound to a human and then released. The human can go to Forkchaun."
His head jerks to the side and his brow furrows. "What are you talking about? What do you mean, 'go to Forkchaun?'"
"Renee said it's possible for me to go there. I'm going to go after her, Jas. I've thought it through, man. I have no family left here except you and Alice. I hate my fucking job and I can sell the house."
"Whoa, wait a damn minute. You mean you'd go there to stay, forever? Why not go get her and bring her back here?"
"She can't come back. I broke the bond when I released her. She can't come back here for at least one year after she's been released."
He scratches his head. "That's confusing."
I bob my head. "Yeah, it is to me too. The way Renee explained, it's so that when a leprechaun is released the person that was their "master" can't change their mind and try to hold them here after the bond has been broken."
"So she could come back after one year, if she wanted to?"
I shrug. "I guess so?"
"Well, why not wait and let her come to you?" He questions me, the same thing I've asked myself a thousand times, but I'm shaking my head before he can even finish his sentence.
"No. Jasper… I miss her too fucking much to wait."
He sighs. "So you're selling your house and what, your car too? Then what, you're going to go to Forkchaun?"
"Yes."
"You must really love her?"
I close my eyes and picture her beautiful face. "So much, it hurts."
"Will you come back?" He wonders.
"I- I can't answer that?"
"Dammit, Ed, I'm going to miss your sorry ass." He says as he grabs me into a hug.
I hug him back, tears clouding my vision. "I'm not going to leave for a few days, maybe even weeks? It's just according to how quickly I can sell my property."
"Well, that's understandable."
"I'll let you and Alice know ahead of time."
He pins me with a stern glare. "You better. You'd hate for Alice to have to hunt you down."
I crack up at that. "She'd have a hard time crossing, but I don't want to piss her off."
"How will you get there?"
I smirk. "Since I'm bound to Bella I'm her soulmate. We're like magnets, so-to-speak. All I need to do is go to the meadow where we first bonded and say a spell. I have to wait until there's a rainbow though, of course."
"Okay then, I'll do whatever I can to help."
"Thanks Jas, that means a lot."
"There's only one thing." He says, quirking his brow.
"What's that?"
"You're telling Alice." He snickers when my eyes almost bug out of my head.
"Oh man… I am in trouble."
He slaps me on the back, laughing. "Yep."
A/N: I'm sorry I haven't responded to each of your reviews individually. I have been dealing with cluster migraines & it's not been easy for me. I just want you all to know that I have read them all & I can't thank you enough for them. I'm so grateful for everyone of them & to each of you for reading.
